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An Array of Salad

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I wish I could have this choice every day, to be able to have buffet lunch and dinner whereby I can choose all kind of salad to put in my plate.

But then if every day you were given the same array of food you might want to have something else, right? hehe..

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Check out those purplish raw beet. It is full of betacyanin which is also a powerful cancer-fighting agent. It was the first time I had sliced raw beet in salad and I love them so much. But Hubby thought they tasted weird..huhu!

Written by MQ

August 7th, 2007 at 12:06 am

Posted in Cooking

For All Fine Art Collectors

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*This post is written for Park West Art Gallery*

If you are a fine art collector and happen to be in Southfield, Michigan, check out Park West Gallery. The gallery, founded in 1969 conducts fine art auctions throughout the United States and Canada. They also have an affiliate locations in Miami, FL.

If you are in the facility, you would be able to browse and gaze at all the art displayed in their spacious galleries. There are 23 galleries, each devoted to a particular artist or type of art. Of course each month they will also be mounting new exhibition and sale to feed the art hunger of all the buyers and collectors.

As they claimed, each year more than 50 artists visit the gallery for signings and events. So who knows while you are at the gallery, your favorite artist is there for signing.

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The picture above is the Poubot -2001, a hand-embellished serigraph in color on canvas done by Arkady Ostritski. His subjects include the streets, buildings and shops of France, Italy, England, Greece and Spain.

If you happen to have a strong interest in European building, been there and would like to keep one artwork that creates poignant vignettes at home and evokes magical memories of such places, check out Park West Art Gallery sales inventory. Their sale price includes your choice of custom framing, the gallery appraisal and shipping anywhere in the continental of United States.

Written by MQ

August 6th, 2007 at 11:22 pm

Posted in All Blogging

Another Pangkor Picture

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I was downloading the images from my T30 memory card to my PC when I noticed that there were still some pictures of my Pangkor trip.

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So here it is the last one of them. Perhaps I will spend a few more days there to explore the island, this time on our own without all the schedule and beach activity like in the Team Building trip..hehe!

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August 6th, 2007 at 11:12 pm

Posted in General

Ecommerce Website

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*This post is sponsored by Website Pros*

I have been asked previously by a company related to wedding business to come out with an ecommerce website design for his business. It’s not that I don’t want to help him but for me it is just a hassle to really explain the concept especially to non-technical client.

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Designing it will be one thing, but to maintain it will be hard especially for a small IT company with limited resources like mine. Perhaps I should ask him to check out other company that specializes in such design like Website Pros. This company offers business web design packages which include small business web building and marketing tools.

They even have a designer team that will design a unique website for your business if you don’t want something that too common and similar to other business in your niche. You will work one-to-one with the creative professional that will see the project to completion.

If you read the testimonials and see their sample websites, honestly I think the design is superb. Plus with the marketing tools, you could expect to see a surge in your business sales and even visitors number to your site. Isn’t that what every Ecommerce website hope for?

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August 4th, 2007 at 2:31 am

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Alone In The Sea

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Have you ever feel like you are so alone even in the midst of a crowd? It is like you don’t belong to the group, like nobody understands you despite how loud you shout to the world about who you really are.

Sometimes I feel that way, like I am so sick of my existing life and make me wonder for how long I could stand the feeling. It’s like a big wave splashing you out of the balance, letting you drown on your own, alone!

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It is like you know what you are looking for, or you think you know where your boat of life sailing to, but everybody else seems to think that you are heading nowhere, and some how you become suspicious, who are the one making wrong turn now, you or them?

How can life be that complicated when everyone else seems to be getting along with the wave, just fine. Maybe I am just not them, maybe I just like my path to be a winding, puzzling challenge. Why should I be the same as them when I know even for now despite what they say I am doing just fine!

Written by MQ

August 3rd, 2007 at 2:13 am

Posted in General